Kalvin Phillips will walk into Gareth Southgate's England team at Euro 2024 if he plays regularly on loan at Newcastle, Mail Sport's Sami Mokbel has told It's All Kicking Off.
The midfielder has struggled for game time at Manchester City and could be loaned out this month, with Newcastle and Juventus interested in him.
Phillips, who has started just two games for Pep Guardiola this season and played a mere 318 minutes overall, needs more action to salvage his England place.
But Mokbel believes Phillips will start alongside Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham in England's midfield in Germany if he can get regular Premier League football between now and May.
Ian Ladyman joked that co-host Chris Sutton could play in midfield for Juventus in Serie A 'and he's 62!'
'Kalvin Phillips has got to leave Manchester City. He should have left Manchester City at the start of the season when it became abundantly clear last year he was way down the pecking order,' Mokbel told It's All Kicking Off.
'He's had to suffer the embarrassment this year of kids, basically, playing ahead of him in centre midfield.
'Newcastle is a potential destination for Phillips. Potentially a loan and we know they need a midfielder after Sandro Tonali is banned for betting and is out for an extended period of time.
'But Juventus I understand are also in the running for Phillips and would like to take him on a loan deal until the end of the season.
'But if I'm Phillips, I stay in the Premier League where the England manager can see me every single week, or have the opportunity to see me every single week.
'I think if Phillips is starting regularly, he will start ay Euro 2024 alongside Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham and if he stays in the Premier League at the very highest
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